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Playing in the Youth Orchestra is life-altering for many of its young players, who often transition into professional careers.

As the San Francisco Opera gears up for its massive Wagner marathon this summer, ancillary events around the Bay Area will explore the composer’s life and ethos.

When Verna Parino talks about the main man in her life, she grasps her coffee mug tightly and sits up tall in her living room chair, her cheeks aglow, her crystal blue eyes twinkling in morning sunlight. “He may be eccentric, but he inspires passion on so many levels.”

Have a Musical Mother's Day
SFCM Curtain Call and Celebration for John McCarthy
Kids Rule at Stern

Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes’ powerful Broadway opera concludes the Oakland East Bay Symphony season.

Stunned long ago by revelations of wartime atrocities, Trimpin deals with the truth by exploring new ways of producing and hearing sound.

“I’m a Performer,” the capstone to Berkeley Symphony’s community outreach efforts, is now more ambitious than ever: The Symphony wants everyone to perform together.

Episode 2: Our second episode in the new podcast series explores the summer music camp. KDFC's Dianne Nicolini and SFCV’s Lisa Petrie highlight a few unusual camps and don’t–miss events of the week

VNote Brings Venezuelan Flair to San Mateo
California Dreaming: Competition Winners Grand Finale
Marin Music Chest 2011 Awards